Books
A log of books I've read, with ratings and occasional reviews. See my rating scale.
2026 Reading Challenge
Rhythm of War
Still Life (A Three Pines Mystery)
Knots and Crosses
Oathbringer
This Inevitable Ruin
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
The Butcher's Masquerade
The Gate of the Feral Gods
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Carl's Doomsday Scenario
The Devil’s Code
The Mind of a Murderer
Words of Radiance
The Way of Kings
The Sisters (Cormac Reilly, #.5)
Darkside
Never Flinch
Stone and Sky
The Devil You Know
Kings of the Wyld
Blood Runs Cold
The Night Watch
The Blood Tide
Dead Man’s Grave
The Unquiet Grave
The Warship
11/22/63
System Collapse
All Systems Red
All the Colors of the Dark
Traditions of Courage
Dungeon Crawler Carl
End of Watch
Finders Keepers
Mr. Mercedes
Descent
Wool Omnibus
Wool Omnibus
The Last House on Needless Street
The Last House on Needless Street
Jenny Trapdoor
Jenny Trapdoor
Jupiter War
Jupiter War
Zero Point
Zero Point
The Departure
The Departure
Not Till We Are Lost
Not Till We Are Lost
Know Thy Enemy
Know Thy Enemy
A Grimm Sacrifice
A Grimm Sacrifice
Ghost Station
Ghost Station
Just for the Summer
Just for the Summer
One Decisive Victory
One Decisive Victory
Against All Odds
Against All Odds
With Grimm Resolve
With Grimm Resolve
Listen for the Lie
Listen for the Lie
Artifact Space
Artifact Space
Doing Time
Doing Time
Delio, Phase One
Delio, Phase One
The Alice Network
The Alice Network
Only the Dead
Only the Dead
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Generation Ship
Generation Ship
Legionnaire
Legionnaire
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Foxglove Summer
Foxglove Summer
In the Blood
In the Blood
Holly
Holly
Imajica
Imajica
All the Sinners Bleed
All the Sinners Bleed
Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead
The Devil's Hand
The Devil's Hand
Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin and Russia’s War Against Ukraine
Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin and Russia’s War Against Ukraine
Polity Agent
Polity Agent
Savage Son
Savage Son
The Good Turn
The Good Turn
The Scholar
The Scholar
The Ruin
The Ruin
True Believer
True Believer
The Terminal List
The Terminal List
Hell Bent
Hell Bent
Centers of Gravity
Centers of Gravity
Ninth House
Ninth House
Shards of Earth
Shards of Earth
Desert Star
Desert Star
The Golden Enclaves
The Golden Enclaves
The Dark Hours
The Dark Hours
Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 132, September 2017
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 132, September 2017
Upgrade
Upgrade
The Last Colony
The Last Colony
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
Old Man's War
Old Man's War
Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China
Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China
Children of Time
Children of Time
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
A Guide For Working Breeds
A Guide For Working Breeds
The Woman in the Window
The Woman in the Window
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Colonyside
Colonyside
Spaceside
Spaceside
Planetside
Planetside
Victory Conditions
Victory Conditions
The War on the West
The War on the West
Command Decision
Command Decision
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Better Off Dead
Better Off Dead
Engaging the Enemy
Engaging the Enemy
Amongst Our Weapons
Amongst Our Weapons
Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary
Brass Man
Brass Man
Columbus Day
Columbus Day
The Last Graduate
The Last Graduate
Heaven's River
Heaven's River
Red Ice
Red Ice
Marque and Reprisal
Marque and Reprisal
A Deadly Education
A Deadly Education
Orders of Battle
Orders of Battle
A Place To Bury Strangers
A Place To Bury Strangers
Recursion
Recursion
The House in the Woods
The House in the Woods
Trading in Danger
Trading in Danger
King Bullet
King Bullet
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day
Citadel
Citadel
Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
Nomad
Nomad
The Line of Polity
The Line of Polity
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory
Gridlinked
Gridlinked
Fleet of Knives
Fleet of Knives
Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
Shadow of the Scorpion
Shadow of the Scorpion
Prador Moon
Prador Moon
Fugitive Telemetry
Fugitive Telemetry
The Soldier
The Soldier
The Sanatorium
The Sanatorium
The Wrong Stars
The Wrong Stars
Embers of War
Embers of War
The Mother Code
The Mother Code
The Sentinel
The Sentinel
The Space Between Worlds
The Space Between Worlds
Ballistic Kiss
Ballistic Kiss
Blue Moon
Blue Moon
Ballistic
Ballistic
Past Tense
Past Tense
Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now
Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now
First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
The Burning White
The Burning White
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
The Blood Mirror
The Blood Mirror
The Broken Eye
The Broken Eye
The Blinding Knife
The Blinding Knife
The Midnight Line
The Midnight Line
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Medusa in the Graveyard
Medusa in the Graveyard
Medusa Uploaded
Medusa Uploaded
Pro Git (Expert's Voice in Software Development)
Pro Git (Expert's Voice in Software Development)
The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Broken
Broken
The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery
The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery
The Last Emperox
The Last Emperox
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
The Consuming Fire
The Consuming Fire
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Network Effect
Network Effect
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Vikings
The Vikings
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
False Value
False Value
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Deathwatch (Legends of the Dark Millennium)
Deathwatch (Legends of the Dark Millennium)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
A Closed and Common Orbit
A Closed and Common Orbit
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Neverwhere
Neverwhere
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Norse Mythology
Norse Mythology
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
Points of Impact
Points of Impact
Fields of Fire
Fields of Fire
Chains of Command
Chains of Command
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
The Black Prism
The Black Prism
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
The Institute
The Institute
Lines of Departure
Lines of Departure
Exit Strategy
Exit Strategy
Rogue Protocol
Rogue Protocol
Artificial Condition
Artificial Condition
Aftershocks
Aftershocks
The October Man
The October Man
Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology
Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology
The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
The Enemy of the People
The Enemy of the People
Legion versus Phalanx
Legion versus Phalanx
Hollywood Dead
Hollywood Dead
Killing Pretty
Killing Pretty
Nine Princes in Amber
Nine Princes in Amber
The Kill Society
The Kill Society
The Perdition Score
The Perdition Score
The Getaway God
The Getaway God
Kill City Blues
Kill City Blues
Devil Said Bang
Devil Said Bang
Aloha from Hell
Aloha from Hell
Becoming
Becoming
Kill the Dead
Kill the Dead
The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies
The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies
Sandman Slim
Sandman Slim
First Grave on the Right
First Grave on the Right
Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era
Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era
The Outsider
The Outsider
Lies Sleeping
Lies Sleeping
Fear: Trump in the White House
Fear: Trump in the White House
The Furthest Station
The Furthest Station
The Hanging Tree
The Hanging Tree
Hell House
Hell House
Broken Homes
Broken Homes
Whispers Under Ground
Whispers Under Ground
Moon Over Soho
Moon Over Soho
Rivers of London
Rivers of London
Dead Beat
Dead Beat
The Late Show
The Late Show
Two Kinds of Truth
Two Kinds of Truth
Questions for a Soldier
Questions for a Soldier
Andromeda's War
Andromeda's War
The Collapsing Empire
The Collapsing Empire
All These Worlds
All These Worlds
For We Are Many
For We Are Many
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
American Gods
American Gods
Ready Player One
Ready Player One
Grave Peril
Grave Peril
Fool Moon
Fool Moon
Storm Front
Storm Front
Advance to Contact
Advance to Contact
No Price Too High
No Price Too High
Decisively Engaged
Decisively Engaged
The Wrong Side of Goodbye
The Wrong Side of Goodbye
Influx
Influx
Freedom™
Freedom™
Daemon
Daemon
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Science of Interstellar
The Science of Interstellar
Armor
Armor
Neuromancer
Neuromancer
Starship: Mutiny
Starship: Mutiny
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
The Burning Room
The Burning Room
The Crossing
The Crossing
The Wise Man's Fear
The Wise Man's Fear
Call to Arms
Call to Arms
Warship
Warship
Angles of Attack
Angles of Attack
All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
Terms of Enlistment
Terms of Enlistment
Unbreakable
Unbreakable
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
The Name of the Wind
The Name of the Wind
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World
Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World
The Eye of the World
The Eye of the World
Magic of Thieves
Magic of Thieves
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency
We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency
The Martian
The Martian
Miles from Nowhere
Miles from Nowhere
Travels with Willie: Adventure Cyclist
Travels with Willie: Adventure Cyclist
Leviathan Wakes
Leviathan Wakes
Crux
Crux
Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance
Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance
Nexus
Nexus
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
Andromeda's Choice
Andromeda's Choice
Andromeda's Fall
Andromeda's Fall
The Forgotten Soldier
The Forgotten Soldier
The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles on the Path to Two-Wheeled Trancendence
The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles on the Path to Two-Wheeled Trancendence
Bike Snob: Systematically & Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling
Bike Snob: Systematically & Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling
Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike
Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike
Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment
Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment
American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics
American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics
The Black Ice
The Black Ice
Marines
Marines
The Black Echo
The Black Echo
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
The Seeds of Man
The Seeds of Man
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species
Rogan's World
Rogan's World
A Dance with Dragons
A Dance with Dragons
Gone Girl
Gone Girl
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
A Feast for Crows
A Feast for Crows
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
A Storm of Swords
A Storm of Swords
Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World
A Clash of Kings
A Clash of Kings
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Bossypants
Bossypants
Letter to a Christian Nation
Letter to a Christian Nation
A Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones
Infidel
Infidel
Lying
Lying
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President
Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President
Redshirts
Redshirts
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Handmaid’s Tale
Hiking the Continental Divide Trail: One Woman's Journey
Hiking the Continental Divide Trail: One Woman's Journey
Fearless
Fearless
Dauntless
Dauntless
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
The Places in Between
The Places in Between
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War
The Fall of Hyperion
The Fall of Hyperion
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Hyperion
Hyperion
End This Depression Now!
End This Depression Now!
Coming and Crying
Coming and Crying
The Ghost Map
The Ghost Map
Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future
Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Grand Design
The Grand Design
The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
Slut!: Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation
Slut!: Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation
Drift
Drift
A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Drinking with Strangers: Music Lessons from a Teenage Bullet Belt
Drinking with Strangers: Music Lessons from a Teenage Bullet Belt
The Dragon Never Sleeps
The Dragon Never Sleeps
Embedded
Embedded
Mockingjay
Mockingjay
Wired
Wired
Catching Fire
Catching Fire
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
The Gated City
The Gated City
Grammar Girl's 101 Misused Words You'll Never Confuse Again (Quick & Dirty Tips)
Grammar Girl's 101 Misused Words You'll Never Confuse Again (Quick & Dirty Tips)
Why Evolution Is True
Why Evolution Is True
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Full Frontal Feminism
Full Frontal Feminism
Paranormality: Why we see what isn't there
Paranormality: Why we see what isn't there
The Ghost Brigades
The Ghost Brigades
One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
Containment
Containment
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
Mona Lisa Overdrive
Mona Lisa Overdrive
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
Count Zero
Count Zero
Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents
Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents
Dracula
Dracula
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Ashes of Victory
Ashes of Victory
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Echoes of Honor
Echoes of Honor
In Enemy Hands
In Enemy Hands
Honor Among Enemies
Honor Among Enemies
Field of Dishonor
Field of Dishonor
The Short Victorious War
The Short Victorious War
The Honor of the Queen
The Honor of the Queen
The Road
The Road
On Basilisk Station
On Basilisk Station
Cruel & Unusual
Cruel & Unusual
All That Remains
All That Remains
Body of Evidence
Body of Evidence
Postmortem
Postmortem
Why We Believe What We Believe: Uncovering Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality, and Truth
Why We Believe What We Believe: Uncovering Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality, and Truth
The Traveler
The Traveler
Dark Origins
Dark Origins
Dark Places
Dark Places
Runner
Runner
When All Seems Lost
When All Seems Lost
For Those Who Fell
For Those Who Fell
Dune
Dune
For More Than Glory
For More Than Glory
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey
By Force of Arms
By Force of Arms
When Duty Calls
When Duty Calls
By Blood Alone
By Blood Alone
Legion of the Damned
Legion of the Damned
The Final Battle
The Final Battle
In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran – A Stunning Insider Account of Post-Revolutionary Life and the Hearts and Minds of Tehran
In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran – A Stunning Insider Account of Post-Revolutionary Life and the Hearts and Minds of Tehran
American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation
American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation
Next
Next
The God Delusion
The God Delusion
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
Dragons of Spring Dawning
Dragons of Spring Dawning
Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Dragons of Winter Night
Dragons of Winter Night